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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:00:20 +1100

For some detailed info about this etymology and the whole topic of the 
origin of OK,  visit http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-oka1.htm.

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The etymology for O.K. in the Collins English Dictionary (Australian 
Edition) supposes as follows:
[C19: perhaps from o(ll) k(orrect), jocular alteration of all correct]

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